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Key stage 1 SATs scrapped from 2023

Key stage 1 SATs will be scrapped from 2023, Justine Greening has confirmed. In her response to the government’s…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Greening confirms times-tables check for YEAR 4 pupils

Pupils will sit their times-tables check in year 4, rather than in year 6 as originally planned, the education…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Primary schools to get minimum funding of £3,500 per-pupil

The government’s long-awaited national funding formula will include a minimum per-pupil funding amount for both primary and secondary schools,…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Headteachers ‘too nervous’ to stand for board elections

Confusion reigns in the current headteacher board elections, amid accusations that ballots aren’t being received and heads are “too…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Government lifts the lid on new school improvement boards

The government has published guidance on how the 32 new school improvement boards set up to help turn around…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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MPs to grill Greening on school funding and GCSE changes

The education secretary Justine Greening will be brought before MPs next month to answer questions about school funding, changes…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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Strategic school improvement fund opens its second round

Applications are now open for the second round of handouts from the government’s £140 million strategic school improvement fund….

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Durand appoints new directors following Sir Greg Martin’s resignation

Two new directors have been appointed at the Durand Academy Trust following the resignation of controversial former headteacher Sir…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE won’t fund Toby Young and Sir Anthony Seldon’s fast-track headship college

The Department for Education has declined to provide millions of pounds in funding to a mooted fast-track headship college, the…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Workload and government policy forcing teachers out, DfE research finds

Workload is the “most important factor” for teachers leaving the profession, with government initiatives and policy changes not far…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Most new apprentice teaching assistants are paid just £3.50

The vast majority of apprentice teaching assistants are being used as “cheap labour” for just £3.50 an hour, the…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Teaching unions demand action on public sector pay cap

Teaching unions have once again demanded that the government remove the cap on all public sector pay rises, after…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker